Best Exploration Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated exploration games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Exploration games on Steam.

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Red Matter Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.

Price -45% 13.74€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Nov 2018
Thief Simulator Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Price -96% 0.84€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Nov 2018
My Big Sister My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?

Price -95% 0.35€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Nov 2018
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Nov 2018
Star Shelter Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Oct 2018
Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

Price 12.49€
Rating 9.3
Release 17 Oct 2018
Infliction Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Price -80% 3.67€
Rating 7.8
Release 17 Oct 2018
Wenjia Wenjia is a 2D platform game with puzzle-solving elements. Players can freely travel between two realms (the material world and the energy world), each of them with different challenges and obstacles. Players must utilize both realms’ mechanisms to reach their final goal.

Price 7.39€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Oct 2018
God's Basement God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.1
Release 16 Oct 2018
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey In this action-adventure game, set sail for Ancient Greece to alter its fate. Fight in visceral battles on land and sea, shape your destiny from outcast to legend, and uncover secrets of your past.

Price 59.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 05 Oct 2018
Wandersong A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Price -99% 0.29€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Sep 2018
Niffelheim Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla

Price -95% 1.01€
Rating 6.9
Release 26 Sep 2018
Timespinner Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Sep 2018
Myst III: Exile The story of Myst continues in this third entry of the series, originally released in 2001. Return to this strange and wondrous universe, where books become portals into worlds, and where the lessons of the past may yet hold meaning for today...

Price -84% 2.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Sep 2018
Star Control®: Origins Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.

Price 18.49€
Rating 7.1
Release 20 Sep 2018
60 Parsecs! 60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.

Price -79% 2.14€
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Sep 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

Price -88% 3.25€
Rating 6.5
Release 18 Sep 2018
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.

Price -85% 6.10€
Rating 8.3
Release 14 Sep 2018
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Sep 2018
PLANET ALPHA PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.

Price -92% 0.89€
Rating 6.8
Release 04 Sep 2018
Witch Hunt Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Sep 2018
303 Squadron: Battle of Britain The enemies are close, would you dare to join the Squadron? Tweak planes in a 1st person mechanic mode, set the clouds on fire in aerial fights sim and discover extra missions in an open world of RAF Base. Enjoy a gameplay based on a real history and become the Ace of Sky.

Price -90% 0.97€
Rating 6.0
Release 31 Aug 2018
Ultimate Fishing® Simulator Bored of waiting for a bite? Would you like to catch some fish? You're lucky - in Ultimate Fishing Simulator, fish bite like crazy! Spinning, float fishing, ground fishing, and more! Comprehensive fishing simulator that allows using various techniques, in different places around the world!

Price -90% 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 30 Aug 2018
Runes of Magic Start your heroic saga today in a world full of magic and excitement: Choose your race, build a home and discover the fantastic world of Taborea in the classic free-to-play MMO!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 29 Aug 2018